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Food under threat
I like to share info when I can, about our healthy World.
This topic is on bee's and what they do for everyone of us on earth.
I learn so much every time I start reading about bee's and other vertebrates that pollinate this big world.
They Are so, so important and more important the the average person can fathom..
So This is why I am posting this post about Bees.
I am a Cherry and Apple farmer, 6th generation in Northern Michigan, on a small peninsula that produces the largest volume of tart cherries in the world.
I have always known how important bees are to growing money on tree's. Every Year we spend thousands of dollars to hire bee keepers to bring bees to our farm, to pollinate our orchards. With out the bees would would not have the production we have today.
I have attached a couple links for those who care about mother earth and who want to do their part even at the smallest scale.
You can help the Pollinators in the world, like butterflies, songbirds, hummingbirds, bees, and beetles just by planting the right plants around your house.
Thanks to Houston Arboretum and
Thanks to Amy Barton for her post
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Click Below
Please also read and enjoy more links below!
Here is some quick info that was published by
IPBES, regarding the pollinating numbers
The two-year
global assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Numbers released by IPBES, it does not look good.
- 20,000 – Number of species of wild bees. There are also some species
of butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, birds, bats and other
vertebrates that contribute to pollination.
- 75 Percent – Percentage of the world's food crops that depend at least in part on pollination.
- 235 billion to $577 billion – Annual value of global crops directly affected by pollinators.
- 300 Percent – Increase in volume of agricultural production dependent on animal pollination in the past 50 years.
- Almost 90 Percent – Percentage of wild flowering plants that depend to some extent on animal pollination.
- 1.6 million tons – Annual honey production from the western honeybee.
- 16.5 Percent – Percentage of vertebrate pollinators threatened with extinction globally.
- 40 Percent (plus) – Percentage of invertebrate pollinator species – particularly bees and butterflies – facing extinction.
Great thanks to the Bug Squad for this post.
Do you want to be a bee hive and pollinator guru, then go to school to be come a Master Beekeeper
"You" can "HELP"
Encourage our world and do what you can to help save it.
Plant something beneficial this spring for pollinators!
Thanks.
Sincerely: Brian.C.S.
